Permafrost Distribution & Landforms Training Handout (BGC Engineering, March 2002)
Educational handout on permafrost distribution and landforms in Canada and Arctic regions, covering permafrost definition, temperature regimes, geographic extent, and typical landforms including ice wedges and pingos. Includes technical discussion of permafrost degradation in response to construction disturbance and surface modification.
- Date
- 2002
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BGC Engineering Inc., Dr. K. Wayne Savigny
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Hay River, NT, Norman Wells, NT, Resolute, Nunavut, Churchill, Manitoba, Fairbanks, Alaska, Barrow, Alaska, Canada, Northwest Territories, Yukon Territory, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Manitoba, Nunavut, High Arctic, Boreal Forest
- Parameters
- permafrost distribution, ground temperature, active layer, permafrost table, thermal regime, ice wedges, pingos, geothermal gradient, temperature inversion, permafrost degradation, thermal stability, frost cracking, subsurface ice, seasonal freeze-thaw
- Pages
- 20
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